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THE SUN front page: “KATE’S AGONY – CONFESS & YOU’RE OUT IN A YEAR.”
“Deal of blood, threat and tears.” Kate McCann is being interviewed by police. This is a “highly-charged confrontation, Portuguese officers citing forensic evidence told the GP she would receive a jail sentence of between two and three years if she signed a confession.”
Kate McCann is “horrified”. Says she: “How dare you?”
A source tells the paper: “The police were trying to get Kate to say she had amnesia or was in shock or had a breakdown. They said if she signed the confession she’d serve a year and that her husband would not be charged and could go home. It was effectively emotional blackmail.”
“SHOCKED” Gerry McCann has been named as a formal suspect.
THE SUN SAYS: “But the allegations made yesterday against Madeleine’s distraught mother Kate are astonishing and, in places, farcical. A suspicious page of the Bible left open? A call to a priest on the day of Maddie’s disappearance? Not exactly a smoking gun.”
Do all crimes involve a smoking gun?
The Sun concludes: “The Sun desperately wants justice for Maddie. But the greatest pity is that she is the one person who seems to have been forgotten in this mess of incompetence.”
And the Press continue to watch the parents.
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE: DEATH ON MUM’S BIBLE.”
THE WORLD’S GREATEST NEWSPAPER writes of “THE DAY THE JEERING STARTED”.
“Just two days ago Kate McCann, 39, was regarded almost universally as a victim who had suffered unimaginable agony. Families everywhere shared her heartbreak at losing her beautiful daughter. But it was clear yesterday, as the GP arrived to be formally named as a suspect in her daughter’s disappearance, that much of that sympathy has now gone.”
The crowd outside the police station – 400-strong – goes into a “frenzy” when Kate McCann arrives. “There were whistles, then jeers and boos before some in the crowd began to shout insults. ‘Whore… daughter of a whore,’ some yelled in Portuguese.”
The Express translates.
A local man says: “They will find this more and more because in Portugal harming a child is the worst thing…The Portuguese people took them to their hearts and now we feel cheated. It will not be nice in Portugal for them now.”
Kate is “cool and collected”.
DAILY MAIL front page: “THE ACCUSED. Portuguese police’s staggering grilling of Madeleine mother.
• Why was her blood in your car?
• Did you drug her that night?
• Confess and get just two years.”
DAILY STAR front page: “YOU KILLED MADDIE.”
DAILY MIRROR front page: “MADELEINE SENSATION. We have found her blood in the boot of your hire car.. DID YOU KILL HER BY ACCIDENT?” This is “what police asked Kate McCann during 16-hour grilling”.
THE GUARDIAN front page: “Mother, victim…suspect: police target Kate McCann.”
THE TELEGRAPH: “Kate and Gerry McCann named as suspects,” says the headline.
“Mr McCann stared straight ahead as his suspect status was announced and refused to answer questions from awaiting journalists. A crowd which had been attending a concert in the town square earlier listened to the announcement and several people gasped audibly.”
In “Villagers back Madeleine McCann’s parents”, the paper journeys to Rothey, Leicestershire, the McCanns’ home town. Michelle Canilleri, who lives in Rothley, shares with the world: “I can’t believe it. This is such a shock. They have got the wrong people. No way in the world would either Kate or Gerry harm any of their children.”
THE INDEPENDENT front page: “FROM ANGUISHED PARENT, TO GRIEVING MOTHER, TO SUSPECT.”
“Shortly before 11am, Mrs McCann’s spokeswoman, Justine McGuinness, revealed that the 39-year-old GP was being made an arguida – official suspect – in the case. And then she uttered the six short words which will be inconceivable to some who have followed this case and a confirmation of long-held suspicions to others. ‘Kate fears she will be charged,’ Ms McGuinness said.”
THE TIMES front page: A picture of the McCanns meeting the Pope.
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July 6th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
I feel so so much for you and your husband Kate. Please try not to blame yourself. I am a grandmother and when my children were young we used to go away to hotels and leave our three children in their room at night while we went down and had our meal. We cannot prepare ourselves for the evil that is in this world. When we are not evil ourselves how can we imagine what other evil people will do -we can’t prepare for everything. When my children were young we used to leave them in the pram outside shops, we weren’t allowed to take prams into shops in those day. You have done NOTHING wrong. Only the person who abducted your darling daughter has done wrong. Please remember that. Love & prayers, Paula
February 29th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Aww I always feel ur heart Kate & Gerry mcCann..
I am so sorry that madeleine went but I still hope shes alive & well
Carrie x
October 25th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
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October 24th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
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October 14th, 2007 at 1:23 am
Ian
“I think it’s appalling-why all this money for one child”
as you said; Does it not have to be used as household expenses for the McCanns?
It is unfortunate that even one child suffers. As in Ben Needham., Not to segregate because of satus. But because of this unfortunate tragedy it is bringing much needed attention to child abuse/abduction. The media were of vital importance in this, they contributed to the frenzy. Whatever it takes hopefully something positive will result in this tragedy. It was a great price Madeleine paid for this publicity. Her tragedy is not measured by wealth or status. she is an innocent victim. And her ultimate contribution to a cause will make a difference.
October 14th, 2007 at 12:22 am
Aelinor, also I think you will find it has APPALLED the nation to know that supposedly responsible people like Heart Consultants (highly paid because they treat the rich - sod the poor - ask Gerry) and locum GP’s (basically those that cant get a proper practice) can behave in such an appalling manner.
October 14th, 2007 at 12:19 am
Aelinor,
Have you asked yourself why these people used the services of Mark Warner all day but not at night?
Have you asked yourself how far away they were ‘dining’ on other nights?
Have you consider the effect of allowing such neglect to be treated as if it is acceptable, an unfortunate mistake? Ooops - I abandoned my kids and now one of them is missing.
October 14th, 2007 at 12:15 am
I think its appalling - why all this money for one child? There are thousands of others missing, what about Ben Needham? Oh, sorry, forgot, he isnt worth as much to the establishment is he.
October 14th, 2007 at 12:14 am
on2u - its paying the Mccanns ‘household’ expenses!
October 13th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
Is the Madeleine McCann fund just for Madeleine??? Will it help to further investigate her dissappearance, the where, why’s and hows of her dissappearance. Lets not forget the only victim is Madeleine McCann.
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October 1st, 2007 at 7:06 pm
Madeleine McCann’s story has touched the nation. I was babysitting for a friend yesterday, and Velvinna and Seismos (both of whom are only three years old) were colouring by the coffee table. When I peered over I found that they were drawing cards for “Maddy”. It was horribly upsetting; I can only imagine the magnitude of pain Kate and Gerry must be experiencing. We live in Oakleigh near Rothley so on the way to school they left their cards by the green. I have decided now that it’s time to take some independent action. My husband owns a printing press and we have decided to produce a brand known as “Madeleina”. We are aiming at the rock-chick teen market and will be producing black hoodies with the emblem “Mwa 4 Madeleina” on the back. All proceeds will be going to the Madeleine McCann fund.
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September 27th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
madeleine touched the nation with this heart breaking story. no one knows what happened on that night she went missing, and it is not helping the family with speculation that they have hurt there own child. they must be going through the worst time of their lives and the only mistake they have made is to leave there children on there own in the fist place. when there is actual facts i will belive but at the minute the portuguese police are clutching at straws because they have not got a clue, the same as none of us have. stop judging the mccanns and start giving them your support………….
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September 12th, 2007 at 9:11 am
Been out of this loop for a while, what a #@@!%^%&%^#% mozzell….this case is in from my last posts yonks ago.
I have noticed with interest however Lindy Chamberlain’s comments on nIne Networ, I thought about her case last week.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=295420
I have always thought the McCanns’ innocent, but now after the revelations about the “substantial amount” of hair, I cannot think how they may not be truly implicated
September 12th, 2007 at 7:50 am
Many thing’s do not add up about this, I am having a real hard time believing the McCann’s story if any of the evidence is to be true and also
I have always had a odd feeling about the way they have behaved since day one.
Whether or not you can imagine yourself leaving your own child alone or harming your own child, it still remains a fact that most homicides involving children
ARE committed by someone related or known to that child.
I have read people ask how could blood of got into a car hired 25 days after Madeleine went missing and why would there be blood if madeleine was accidently
Given an overdose. The fact is the police forensics found an amount of hair from madeleine inside the car that they believe could not have got there from objects
Placed in car, also the DNA material that was found in the boot of the car where the spare wheel is, was NOT from blood and was from BODY FLUIDE, which is
Exactly what u would expect if a body was placed their after 25 days.
Other facts that can’t be ignored are :
Why did they leave the children alone if there was a sitter available?
Why did Kate leave the other children alone again after she
Discovered madeleine was missing ? (I would be thinking the person/s could still be near bye. She could of phoned her husband and said get here right now!).
Why did Kate go back to the restaurant and scream “THEY” have taken her. ?
Why did British sniffer dogs detect the presence of a corpse on the clothes Kate was wearing? (She said she had been in contact with bodies from work some time before going on holiday)
Question: would you wear those same clothes on holiday unwashed … Not me!
Why Have the McCanns told media they came back to the UK for financial reasons and because they want the twins to have as normal life as possible when not long before
That they was saying we are staying to find Madeleine despite being named as suspects.
Why the complete turn around (I’d say to get some expensive legal representation with that money they say they don’t have to able to stay on and find Madeleine)
Just to get you thinking on the point I made earlier about child homicides here are some disturbing figures real life stuff.
There were 33 homicides committed against children under the age of 12 in 2003, the lowest number in over 25 years. Of these victims, 14 (or 42%) were under one year of age.
Of the 27 solved homicides against children, 23 were killed by a parent: 9 by a father, 4 by a step-father, 10 by a mother and 1 by a step-mother (in one incident, both parents were accused). In addition, 2 children were killed by their day-care provider and 2 by a stranger.
September 11th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
1429 katiekitten
We have all given our kids Paracetamol or Calpol to help them get off to sleep at some time or other but I had a son who was so hyper he just did not sleep and I ended up in tears asking the Doctor what on Earth I could do as I was breaking up from lack of sleep and he gave me something for him, the name of which escapes me, it was over 30 years ago after all, and he stated very strongly that I must NEVER exceed the dose. It has been said that Maddie was supposed to be autistic or something, and that’s why they “needed” to give her “something” to help her sleep, but the twins look pretty dozy all the time as well !!
Yes - I agree, they could suffer a life-time of guilt because those kids should never have been left alone for so long at that distance and that is what the Portuguese are finding hard to handle because they just don’t do that with theirs. I don’t think Gerry had anything to do with it at all and there are a lot of comments here about Kate, her possible relationship with someone else in the group, the fact that this particular someone else might have had a hand in getting rid of the “evidence” and so on and so forth and by the way, you can only suffer feeling guilt if it was an accident…….
September 11th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
sebastian 1428
..and you posted this entry from Gerry’s blog why…? If we really want to make oursleves ill we can go straight there.
September 11th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
whatever happend to innocent until proven guilty? ive had many arguements with my husband over this subject he is convinced they are guilty. i dont possibly see how they could have moved any body when they are being watched by the press 24 hours a day. and as a mother i have given my child paracetamol if they have been a little grissly is that now a crime? dont get me wrong i follow the instructions but as gp’s they would know anyway. it seems to me that the portugese police are just trying to close this case so they can get back to some sense of normality in their sleepy little town. i read somewhere that the police asked why,upon fiinding maddy was missing,kate mccann shouted ’someones taken my daughter’ well as a parent it would be a natural thought. my son is 3 years old and i have taught him not to run off and not to go with strangers,as im sure the mccanns did with theirs. if i returned to a room to find my child gone i would react the same. i think it is a little unfair that people have suddenly turned on the family and should really wait until all facts and even a body have been found-meanwhile this family is suffering enough. the case today about the grand mother who drank 2 bottles of wine and smoked 10 joints-she was found not guilty because the judge said she has to face a lifetime of guilt about what happened. well dont you think they will face a lifetime of guilt about leaving their child in the hotel that night anyway?
September 11th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
Gerry’s Blog/Diary
Day 130 - 10/09/2007
The last few days have been incredibly busy and of course, unbelievably stressful and emotionally draining.
On Friday Kate and I were made ‘arguido’- official suspects in Madeleines disappearance. We cannot comment on any details of the investigation, interviews or any evidence that has been presented to us. We could never possibly have imagined being put in this unbearable situation. No specific charges have been presented at this point and there has been no restriction on our movements imposed.
Despite the anguish and extreme distress this has caused all of our family, long term no one will be able to doubt how intensely Kate and I have been scrutinised. We have absolute confidence that, when all of the facts are presented together, we will be able to demonstrate that we played absolutely no part in Madeleines abduction. Our primary concern has always been the search for Madeleine and this aspect, that our daughter is still missing, must remain a priority for the investigation.
On Saturday we asked the Portuguese police if they had any objection to us coming back to the UK. We had assured them that we will continue to cooperate fully with the investigation and of course will return as requested and for our own emotional reasons. We decided to fly back on Sunday as we had originally planned and all of our family spent the rest of the evening helping us to pack.
On Sunday we left for the airport at 7am with huge media attention. Camera crews followed us all the way to the airport, and the whole experience, like much of the last four months was incredibly surreal. The flight itself went quickly with Sean and Amelie constantly active and excited about returning to Leicestershire. We always hoped that we would not have to return without Madeleine and could never have imagined the possibility that we would do so as suspects in our own daughters disappearance. The pain and turmoil we have experienced in this last week is totally beyond description. Kate and I are totally 100% confident in each others innocence and our family and friends have rallied round unflinchingly to support us. We would like to thank everyone else for the support we have received since we came home.
We have had very mixed emotions since coming back to our own home. It is very comforting to have such familiar surroundings and our own belongings and the twins have settled straight back in as if they have never been away. We have had numerous visitors with friends and those in official capacities. We have appointed solicitors to advise us and assist our Portuguese lawyer in preparing our defence against any possible charges. The sooner this is done the sooner we can concentrate fully on trying to find Madeleine, which is the most important thing through this unending nightmare.
September 11th, 2007 at 8:09 am
1425 Body language
Talk about enlightenment, or a Eureka moment !! I was just thinking about my daughter-in-law who is also an only child but my son has three brothers and a sister so our house was always in chaos especially as there were about thirteen years between the first child and the last, so there was everything going on at any one time between coping with the eldest boy whose girlfriend who had “chucked” him, down to lost toys of the youngest one and everything in between. Our house was noisy, chaotic, full of other people’s kids as well but all grew up to love each other and their own kids, and my eldest tries to make sure his son and daughter have the kind of childhood he had, wherein he experienced life on all levels, BUT …it’s him that has to do it, his wife seems unable to cope and distances herself from the kids in a way that is foreign to me / him . Needless to say, he doesn’t pass comment on her behaviour but when the choice came as to whether she or he should give up work so that the other could go full-time, guess who ended up the house-husband ?? Now I see why !! There is so much I have seen over the six years since they have had children but what you have said answers it all and also now I can understand why Kate is how she is, she really doesn’t know how to be with kids and I would hazard a guess it was Gerry who wanted the family in the first place. I can’t see where she would desire them in the same way as he because, as you rightly explain, she would have had no experience of siblings and what “family” really is. Like my daughter-in-law, they seem like an intrusion into her “space”.
September 11th, 2007 at 6:52 am
1425 Body language
I am finding these latest developments morbidly fascinating and nearly holding my breath waiting for the next one !! It’s all happening a bit fast but I still think Gerry wasn’t involved as such and he may get a really big shock when the truth comes out. Have you noticed how the media are bringing up stories of other missing children from in the past ? and re-interviewing their parents ? The common thread is that these poor Mums STILL break down and cry, years and years later …and has Kate ever done that ?? Your explanation of Kate’s character and why she may be the way she is, strikes a note very strongly with me as I have a Mother-in-Law who was an only child and everything you have just said about Kate fits her to a T. She can’t handle kids either, never could if my husband and his brother were anything to go by !! She can’t even handle family gatherings if there are a lot of kids around so that explains a lot !!
Kate definitely comes across now as cold rather than just stunned as we thought in the first days, and I have found it very difficult to feel sympathy towards her and I think this is what most people feel, or have felt, about her. The only person I really feel for is Madeleine ….where oh where, is she ? poor little mite
September 11th, 2007 at 6:12 am
1413 - Ann you are spot on right with your gut instincts. I’ve felt the very same way about Kate for weeks now. All these people saying she is pretty (she is not, her teeth don’t fit properly in her mouth and she’s bony and plain jane’ish) has deterred from the focus of reality.
Kate was an only child all her life. Only children don’t know how to deal w/ little kids who can be needy/disruptive/playful/difficult/normal! because they spent their whole life around adults. Kate seems like she’s had a sheltered life with doting parents and given lots of attention. Having 3 kids is a handful for someone who is unaccustomed to any siblings of their own. From a psychographic standpoint, Kate is most likely unable to cope with the common issues that mother’s of kids go through because of her lack of experience in dealing with disorganization or lack of structure.
Reports today have said that some heard Kate screaming and swatting at her kids in the villa while Gerry hung out by the pool and played tennis. Sounds like this vacation was for Gerry more than anyone else. Busy body Mrs. Fenn upstairs from Villa 5A (The MCCANNS villa) complained that she heard Madeleine crying for her daughter in the room one day while Kate was in there with her. Of course this means nothing as Kate could have been scolding her and it’s normal for kids to play one parent off the other - especially little girls and their dads. I think Mrs. Fenn’s testimony has been a lot gossip and hearsay in the end. So I can see why the PJ didn’t worry too much about her til a few weeks later. She’s not been able to assist with the timeline other than to report bits and pieces of family squabbling and crying kids…in the daytime.
But to your original point. I have always thought that it was Kate who had given the sedatives if there was a sedative given since she is the GP and the Mother. Just makes sense. But, Gerry is equally guilty and should not be afforded a break just because Kate gave the medicine. They were co-conspirators in this. And only one person would be required to administer it. Gerry is just as much at fault here. But Kate makes me uncomfortable. Talk about a cold person. I think she wears the knickers in that relationship. She seems like the brains behind the two of them. She’s Gerry’s puppeteer.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:21 pm
birmingham six , jill dando, world end murders ,the woman lawyer jailed for “murdering” her babies later released and died a broken woman. This DNA “evidence”isnt great is it ?
September 10th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Companies House is showing that a new Director form (288a) has been filed today (10 September 2007) for Find Madeleine: Leaving No Stone Unturned Limited, bringing the total number of directors to seven.
Link here: https://secure.creditgate.com/search/search.aspx?AP=Full%20Non-Limited&CompanyID=06248215&CompanyType=L&BS=1&BT=Full%20Data
September 10th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
BBC/Sky/Channel 4:
99% match to madeleine
Complete sample
Boot of the car hired 25 days AFTER Madeleine disappeared
Samples collected, analysed and defended by British scientists
STILL don’t believe it?